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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - 3.5

TEXT 5
na hi kascit ksanam api
jatu tisthaty akarma-krt
karyate hy avasah karma
sarvah prakrti-jair gunaih
SYNONYMS
na—nor; hi—certainly; kaścit—anyone; kṣaṇam—even a moment; api—also; jātu—even; tiṣṭhati—stands; akarma-kṛt—without doing something; kāryate—is forced to do; hi—certainly; avaśaḥ—helplessly; karma—work; sarvaḥ—everything; prakṛti-jaiḥ—out of the modes of material nature; guṇaiḥ—by the qualities.
TRANSLATION
All men are forced to act helplessly according to the impulses born of the modes of
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Siva, Krsna, Guru, and Sisya

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A Lecture by Giriraj Swami
Srimad-Bhagavatam 4.4.22
December 2, 2007
Juhu, Bombay

We read from Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto Four, Chapter Four: “Sati Quits Her Body.”

TEXT 22

naitena dehena hare krtagaso
dehodbhavenalam alam kujanmana
vrida mamabhut kujana-prasangatas
taj janma dhig yo mahatam avadya-krt

SYNONYMS

na—not; etena—by this; dehena—by the body; hare—to Lord Siva; krta-agasah—having committed offenses; deha-udbhavena—produced from your body; alam alam—enough, enough; ku-janmana—with a con

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Enemies of Growth

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"How could someone feel their life to be perfect – with no room for improvement?"

This morning I quizzed someone about their new year’s resolution. Their reply – “my life is going great, I don’t need to change a thing – resolutions are for losers!” I had never heard that before! How could someone feel their life to be perfect – with no room for improvement? Without making the effort to grow, to learn, to explore and to challenge our current ways of functioning, how can we truly realise our p

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2515065492?profile=originalLecture on Lord Siva teaches Pracetas in Rudra gitam on how we should offer ourselves to supreme Lord by HG Radhe Shyam Prabhu on 03 Jan 2015 

(President of the Pune branch of ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness) that has over 600 centres worldwide Director of Vedic Oasis for Inspiration, Culture & Education (VOICE) Holds an M.Tech from IIT-Bombay)

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Nityam Bhagavata sevaya Issue - 30

Nityam Bhagavata SevayaNityam Bhagavata-sevaya is a Fortnightly E-magazine for serving Srimad Bhagavatam.If you ever desire to cross over this ocean of material existence and achieve the lotus feet of Supreme Lord Sri Hari then please take shelter of Srimad Bhagavatam, the mature fruit of the desire tree of Vedic literatures.Srimad Bhagavatam is declared to be the essence of all Vedanta philosophy. One who has felt satisfaction from its nectarean mellows will never be attracted to any other literature. Srila Vyasadev

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The first of 5 Rathayatras to be held in the Pune area for ISKCON's 50th this year

Can you imagine one city holding 500 Harinamas or distributing 500,000 of Srila Prabhupada’s books in one year?

That’s exactly what ISKCON of Pune in Maharashtra, India is doing as they ambitiously set out to 50th-ize the year 2016. And much, much more besides: the plan is to set higher-than-usual goals for all of Pune’s outreach efforts in multiples of five or fifty.

GBCs Radhanath Swami and Gopal Krishna Go

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Five Subject Matters of Bhagavad Gita

2515065641?profile=originalLecture onFive Subject Matters of Bhagavad Gita  by HG Nirantara Prabhu on 13 Dec 2015

(Nicholas D'Angelo was born on May 20, 1950 and was raised a strict Roman Catholic. He went to Catholic school for 13 years, but did not even finish one semester of college at St. Johns University in New York City. Instead, the dormant lusty desires in his heart manifested and he became a "hippy" in 1968. 

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Panchatattva is most merciful

2515065616?profile=originalLecture on Panchatattva is most merciful  by HH Kadamba Kanana Swami at Cape Town on 06 Dec 2015

(HH Kadamba Kanana Swami coordinated the construction of Srila Prabhupada’s samadhi in Mayapur. He took sannyasa in 1997 and is now an initiating guru.)

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2515065216?profile=originalLecture on Yogi gets what other paths offer and gets more too by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu on 2016

(Bhagavad Gita Chapter 08, text 28)

(His Grace Caitanya Charan Prabhu is a monk and spiritual teacher in the time honored tradition of bhakti yoga. He is a editor of Back to Godhead, which is the official international magazine of the Hare Krishna movement.)

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - 3.4

TEXT 4
na karmanam anarambhan
naiskarmyam puruso 'snute
na ca sannyasanad eva
siddhim samadhigacchati
SYNONYMS
na—without; karmaṇām—of the prescribed duties; anārambhāt—non-performance; naiṣkarmyam—freedom from reaction; puruṣah—man; aśnute—achieve; na—nor; ca—also; sannyasanāt—by renunciation; eva—simply;siddhim—success; samadhigacchati—attain.
TRANSLATION
Not by merely abstaining from work can one achieve freedom from reaction, nor by renunciation alone can one attain perfection.
PURPORT
The renounced o
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ISKCON PUNJABI BAGH - MAHA MILAN

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.767786626660795&type=...MAHA MILAN IS A ANNUAL EVENT OF CONGREGATION DEVOTEES....WHERE THEY COME TOGETHER FOR ACHIEVING THE 3RD PURPOSE OF ISKCON I.E.To bring the members of the Society together with each other and nearer to Krishna, the prime entity, thus developing the idea within the members, and humanity at large, that each soul is part and parcel of the quality of Godhead (Krishna).
 
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Everything is Dying

2515065236?profile=originalLecture on Everything is Dying by HH Kadamba Kanana Swami on 13 Dec 2015 (Russian Translation)

(HH Kadamba Kanana Swami coordinated the construction of Srila Prabhupada’s samadhi in Mayapur. He took sannyasa in 1997 and is now an initiating guru.)

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2515065131?profile=originalLecture on Sunday Feast-12 Mahajans Series-Narada Muni-Is Narad Muni-Kalah Priya Or Krishna Priyan by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu on 17 Jan 2016 at ISKCON Chowpatty

(His Grace Caitanya Charan Prabhu is a monk and spiritual teacher in the time honored tradition of bhakti yoga. He is a editor of Back to Godhead, which is the official international magazine of the Hare Krishna movement.)

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Gita Study Group, Gurgaon

Hare Krishna.

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

I am happy to announce that we are starting weekly Bhagavad Gita classes for all those who are interested to learn Bhagavad Gita and study Prabhupada's books in detail. Sessions are conducted under the guidance of a highly learned and senior Vaishnava from ISKCON Gurgaon, who has this special quality of putting across the complicated philosophy in a very simple and enjoyable way.

Sessions are interactive and we get a

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Men Women and the Blame Game

2515064691?profile=originalLecture on Men Women and the Blame Game by HH Bhakti Vikas Swami on 09 Jan 2016 at Salem (Telugu Translation)

(HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami appeared in this world in 1957 in England. He joined the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in London in 1975 and was initiated in that year with the name Ilapati dasa by ISKCON’s founder-acarya, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. )

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Vaishnav means No Envy

2515064714?profile=originalLecture on Vaishnav means No Envy by HH Radhanath Swami on 31 Jan 2016 at ISKCON Chowpatty

(Srimad Bhagavatm Canto 10, Chapter 74, Text 36)

(Radhanath Swami was born in Chicago in 1950. Radhanath Swami's childhood name was Richard Slavin; Radhanath Swami was given the name Radhanath Swami after he entered the renounced order. In his teenage years)

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - 3.3

TEXT 3
sri-bhagavan uvaca
loke 'smin dvi-vidha nistha
pura prokta mayanagha
jnana-yogena sankhyanam
karma-yogena yoginam
SYNONYMS
śrī bhagavān uvāca—the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; loke—in the world; asmin—this; dvi-vidhā—two kinds of; niṣṭhā—faith; purā—formerly;proktā—was said; mayā—by Me; anagha—O sinless one; jñāna-yogena—by the linking process of knowledge; sāṅkhyānām—of the empiric philosophers;karma-yogena—by the linking process of devotion; yoginām—of the devotees.
TRANSLATION
The Blesse
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No; he was driven by lust for Sita, not love for Shurapankha.

After Shurapanakha’s nose was cut and her brothers Khara and Dushaan were killed singlehandedly by Rama, Shurapanakha went temporarily mad with fury and frustration, and wandered about crazily in the forest before thinking of going to Ravana. Meanwhile, the only survivor from the army at Janasthana, a warrior named Akampana, fled to Lanka and informed Ravana about the destruction of his army. The incensed Ravana wanted to immediately

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TOVP’s Gardens masterplan.

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TOVP’s Gardens masterplan.
Sadbhuja Das: Please have a look at the marvelous TOVP masterplan by clicking on this link-http://masterplan.tovp.org/
This will give you an idea of how we are trying to create the most magnificent gardens in the whole of India, for the pleasure of The Lord.

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